Battle Orders 7: US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1943–44

by Gordon L Rottman

Published by Osprey Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-84176-651-8, 96 pages.

The second book of this set covers the USMC in the Pacific from Tarawa to Tinian. It gives the unit-by-unit organisation of the USMC, with notes about the changes during the period. There’s also a description of each assault landing in the period, with maps and orders of battle and well as some good photographs. This may all sound a bit “dry” but it’s actually a very good read.

Recommended!

John Prigent

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